The Forbidden Light [BL] Chapter 63: Lion’s Flame

Aya and Rouhuo lay together under the blanket. Her body still carried the echoes of last night; her arms ached a little. Her lips were tired from all the kisses, and along her back she could still feel the faintly burning marks from Rouhuo’s claws, left from their heated passion, with equally scorching hickeys on her neck.

How am I supposed to hide all of this from Lan Yue? Only two days left until our trip, I doubt it will all fade by then. Rouhuo left such deep marks on my back and neck that I don’t know if regular makeup will even cover them.

Aya furrowed her brow and turned on her side, looking at the sleeping Rouhuo.

First, her eyes wandered over her hair - light, fluffy, slightly tousled from their passionate night together. Then she looked with desire at her strong, warm arms, and finally... her face.

Rouhuo slept with a look of complete satisfaction, like a predator after a successful hunt. Her half-lion ears twitched at faint sounds from outside, but it didn’t wake her at all. She just murmured under her breath, stretched, and rolled onto her side, accidentally brushing Aya’s thigh with her knee.

Aya trembled with desire.

"Rouhuo..." she whispered, not really knowing why. Maybe out of habit. Or maybe because it still didn’t feel real that what had happened between them last night actually happened.

The half-lioness moved slightly, muttered sothing indistinct, and after a mont opened one eye. At first, she looked completely lost, still in the angelic pleasure of yesterday, but the next second her gaze landed on Aya... and she smiled widely, almost too confidently.

"Good morning, my lady," she said in a half-teasing voice.

Aya shivered with excitent. Rouhuo’s morning voice was lower and raspier than usual.

"G-good morning," she muttered, feeling her face heat up instantly.

Rouhuo lay on her back, stretching like a big cat.

"Haven’t slept this well in a long ti," she said, satisfied. "And you?"

" too. Ugh, Rouhuo, did you really have to go that wild last night? What if Lan Yue finds out? It’s gonna be hard to cover all of this."

"Huh?" Rouhuo replied, confused. "What do you an?"

Aya turned her back to her, showing the claw marks, then turned back, slightly tilting her neck to show her two big, bluish hickeys.

"That. Do you really want our relationship to end before it even gets going?"

"Sorry, my lady," Rouhuo replied, half-mocking. "But you didn’t seem to mind last night," she added, smiling teasingly.

"That doesn’t change anything!"

Rouhuo chuckled softly and pulled back the blanket, revealing the gentle curves of her abs and the other features of her sculpted, muscular body. Aya’s gaze focused on her six-pack, unable to look away.

"You’re looking at like you want so badly" the half-lioness purred quietly, moving closer and whispering directly in her ear. "Stop, or I’ll think you want a round two, right before our scheduled eting with the others and before our walk in the mountains. At least no one will see it on you. Otherwise, I’d say you’d feel so good that you wouldn’t last..." Rouhuo bit her tongue.

"Wouldn’t last what?" Aya replied with a slightly teasing smirk.

"Nothing," the half-lioness said, then kissed her hard, tongue entwined, pressing against her. "You can’t hide anything from anymore, my lady," Rouhuo said seductively. "I’ve heard the most intimate thing a person can hear from another... your moans at night."

"I-I wasn’t moaning that loud!" Aya replied, slightly flushed.

Rouhuo grinned triumphantly.

"Oh, my lady, if I could, I’d fall asleep to those sounds every night."

Aya puffed her cheek and hit Rouhuo’s shoulder - not hard, more instinctively, like soone embarrassed.

"You’re terrible! You really should think about what you did last night-"

"You’re so sweet, my lady, when you say all those things," she replied, pulling her closer.

Aya was about to respond, but Rouhuo, in one smooth motion, dove under the blanket, kissing her body. Closing her eyes and focusing on the movent of Rouhuo’s tongue, Aya began to breathe heavily, quietly moaning - she couldn’t help it, feeling completely blissful under her touch.

After a while, Rouhuo pulled back and rested her head on Aya’s shoulder as if it had always been her place. Aya was coming back to herself - sowhere else in her mind, still feeling the warmth of her breath in places she never imagined showing anyone but Lan Yue.

"Rouhuo..." Aya whispered. "I really have to hide these marks. Lan Yue... he’ll notice imdiately."

Rouhuo lifted her head and looked up at her, that one, slightly predatory eye where Aya saw everything - fire, certainty, and above all: no fear.

"I’m not saying it’ll be easy," she said more seriously. "But I won’t leave you alone with this. I’ll help you cover them. And I’ll style your hair so the marks won’t show. You know how many tis I’ve had to hide bruises from fieldwork or from bumpin into equipnt?" She chuckled. "Had to get good at it fast, or people would think I’m clumsy, hehe."

Aya smiled faintly.

"These aren’t normal bruises."

"Maybe they are," the half-lioness said, running a hand over her shoulder. "Just... a different kind of effort."

Aya shot her a look that said, I might bite you any second now. Rouhuo cleared her throat, as if trying to stop herself from saying sothing suggestive again.

"I don’t recognize you, Rouhuo. I can’t believe you changed so much in just one night."

"Believe it, my lady," she said, kissing Aya and pushing her onto her side.

Aya barely noticed what was happening. In a split second, she was under Rouhuo, the lioness on top, supported by her strong arms, looking at her with desire but also with a teasing smile. Aya blushed as if it were her first ti being held.

What a stupid reaction. I did this because I wanted to, we both agreed, and this is the start of our love, so why is my heart racing like I’m doing sothing improper that I enjoy?

Maybe we loved each other before, not just as friends, but neither of us realized it?I ’m blushing so pathetically, and we spent the night together, and now we’re in this position. Shouldn’t I be the dominant one?

There’s sothing... dangerously thrilling about letting myself be dominated by my servant. I never thought I’d enjoy it this much, or even have these desires - hidden sowhere all this ti.

"Are you okay?" Rouhuo asked, looking at Aya’s flushed face.

"Yes. Rouhuo... I just realized that when we go back to the palace, nothing will be like before. And if Yuecheng cos back, which will probably happen soon, we’ll have to hide not just from my husband, but also from my son, which will be hard because I often want to be near him."

"Aya, Yuecheng has always walked his own path, and nothing’s happened to him. Probably thanks to that voice he hears, the one you call Hori..."

"Hoshizuma. That’s the na of one of the beings. You should rember, you were there."

Rouhuo shrugged.

"My mory for that stuff is bad. But I rember exactly where you like to be touched the most," she said with the sa confident, half-desired, half-playful smirk.

"Rouhuo, take this seriously-"

"Aya, you don’t need to worry. When Yuecheng goes for a walk or to the library on his path, we’ll go on ours - full of love and desire, right?"

Aya didn’t respond. She was too shy to admit it, but at the sa ti, she wanted to.

"Who would’ve thought that such a proud and tough queen would be so soft and pliable in the arms of a regular maid, especially a half-beast," Rouhuo said.

"Oh, please! Enough teasing, just kiss already, you dummy!"

"Your wish is my command, my lady," she said with a smile, then kissed Aya hard, holding one of her hands even tighter.

Aya felt so helpless under Rouhuo... and it felt so good. She felt the weight of soone taller, much stronger, over her sculpted, visible muscles. She knew after all this they’d have to return to normal - Rouhuo calm and quiet, Aya the dominant one in conversation, in making decisions, and other important things they would share.

But Aya knew this was their one truth - right here, right now. Both of them discovered new truths about themselves.

Rouhuo, as if reading her thoughts, tightened her hold and rested her forehead against Aya’s.

"You know..." she murmured, no longer teasing, "I can go back to being the quiet servant I was yesterday morning. Pretend nothing has changed. But... I won’t lie, Aya. I can’t look at you the way I did before."

Aya blinked, surprised by her sudden honesty.

"So... how do you see now?" she asked softly. "And how do you want to see ?"

Before answering, Rouhuo kissed her as hard as she could.

"Like soone I want to protect. Soone I want to touch. Soone I miss, even when they’re right here with ." She smiled brightly.

Aya felt sothing inside her soften even more. Suddenly all thoughts of covering marks, Lan Yue, the palace, disappeared. It was just her and Rouhuo.

Two won who had crossed a line they couldn’t co back from without leaving sothing behind.

She wrapped her arms around Rouhuo’s neck and pulled her close.

"I hope returning to that fake normality won’t hurt you. It might be hard with my position and everything around , but... I’ll try not to hurt you, Rouhuo."

"If that’s what you really want," the lioness whispered seductively, "then give yourself to just like you did yesterday."

Flushed, Aya nodded, then felt Rouhuo’s fingers tracing over her body, reaching lower and lower...